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Neomargarodes aristidae Borchsenius, 1949 (Margarodidae: Neomargarodes)

Nomenclatural History

• Neomargarodes trabuti; Archangelskaya 1935: 28, 32. misidentification (discovered by Borchs1949b, 335).
• Neomargarodes aristidae Borchsenius 1949b: 335. Type data: TURKMENISTAN: near Repetek, on roots of Aristida; 1928, collected A. Archangelskaya.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: St. Petersburg: Zoological Museum, Academy of Science, Russia; accepted valid name
• Neomargarodes balachowskyi Jakubski 1965: 70. Type data: LIBYA: Fezzan, on Aristida pungens, 20.v.1949, collected A.S. Balachowsky.. Holotype, female, Type depository: London: The Natural History Museum, England, UK; junior synonym (discovered by Jashen1999, 43).

Common Names

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 1 | Genera: 4

Geographic Distribution

Keys

• Watson2022: pp.313 ( Adult (F) ) [Neomargarodes in Africa]
• Tang2000: pp.4 ( Adult (F) ) [China and neighbouring countries]
• TangHa1995: pp.29-30, 602-603 ( Adult (F) ) [Palaearctic]
• Borchs1950b: pp.37 ( Adult (F) ) [USSR]

Remarks

• Biology: Jakubski (1965) recorded this species from collars of the grass, Aristida pungens in Algeria and Libya. In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan females emerge in first half of June (Jashenko, 1999).
• General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Borchsenius (1949b, 1950b) and by Jakubski (1965).

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